Brief Life History of George
George Crane was born on 16 January 1814, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Nancy Jane Harding on 19 January 1841, in Springfield Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 24 October 1889, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.
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- George Crain, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Crane - Published information: birth: 16 January 1814; Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
- George Crane, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.
Manx: see Craine .
Dutch: variant of Krane ‘crane’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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